Review of discourse and conversation analysis studies of family
therapy
DA AND CA CAN ADD EXISTING QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE METHODS FOR FAMILY THERAPY RESEARCH STUDYING THE THERAPEUTIC DIALOGUE
BOTH METHODS ARE ROOTED INHERMENEUTIC QUALITATIVE RESEARCH TRADITION
CA WAS DEVELOPED IN 1960 BY SACKS SCHEGLOFF AND JEFFERSON
DA TERM USED TO DENOTE THEORETICAL AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO DISCOURSE
CA AND DA HIGHLIGHT WAYS THAT PEOPLE USE DISCOURSE TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR INTERACTIONAL AGENDAS AND MANAGE THEIR INTERACTIONS IN CONTRAST POST STRUCTURAL DA EMPHASIZES THE OPRESSIVE AND CONTRASTING ASPECTS OF DISCOURSE
DPSY DA AND CS SEEM SUITED FOR PURSUING RESEARCH QUESTIONS OF FAMILY THERAPISTS LIKE STUDY OF STRUCTURE OF PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC CONVERSATIONS
THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN RESERACH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE DUE TO THEIR POTENTIAL TO ENHANCE THERAPIST REFLEXIVITY
IT IS ARGUED THAT THE REVIEWED STUDIES SHOW GLIMPSES OF THE METHODS POTENTIAL FOR FAMILY THERAPY RESEARCH